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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Stephen keep pasted inside his desk?
(a) answers to test questions
(b) a countdown to the holidays
(c) a photo of Eileen
(d) a letter from his mother

2. Who gets upset when several of the boys cannot answer a question correctly in Latin class?
(a) Father O'Casey
(b) Father Arnall
(c) Father Parnell
(d) Father Dolan

3. What does Mr. Casey say he did to a woman who was speaking ill of Parnell?
(a) stepped on her toes
(b) slapped her with his gloves
(c) spit tobacco juice in her eye
(d) showed her his backside

4. What is Stephen's favorite reading material?
(a) The Count of Monte Cristo
(b) comic books
(c) The Pickwick Papers
(d) the newspaper

5. What happens in Stephen's poem about the girl in the tram?
(a) He calls her Mercedes.
(b) He kisses her.
(c) He helps her off the tram.
(d) He sits her in his lap.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Stephen's early song?

2. During table conversation, what is a local Catholic priest accused of?

3. What results from Stephen's meeting to complain about Father Dolan?

4. What does Stephen complain about to the rector?

5. Why is Stephen exempted from his classes?

Short Essay Questions

1. Detail the paradox of Stephen's past and present in regard to the church.

2. Mention Stephen's attempt to join a group of boys after being publicly chided by a teacher.

3. What is Stephen's impression of Clongowes Wood College?

4. Draw a picture of how Stephen keeps returning to the brothel quarter.

5. Identify the disconnect between Stephen and his father.

6. Having freed himself from religion, how does Stephen see himself?

7. Describe Stephen's first encounter with the girl on the tram.

8. Detail Stephen's experience at acting in a play at school.

9. What was in the verses Stephen wrote about the girl on the tram?

10. Describe Stephen's new outlook on the love of God.

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